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diseases ai'e, in general, more violent than those of 

 man, and they terminate much sooner. He re- 

 covers his natural strength, from a state of great 

 debility, very rapidly. His stomach, though as- 

 sisted by the great length of his intestines, seem 

 only to extract a tincture from his food, and ap« 

 pear to be incompetent to complete digestion. 



His constitution is naturally adapted to heat, 

 seldom arriving at any great degree of perfection 

 in cold climates. He is more subject to disease in 

 England than on the Continent, or in warmer 

 countries ; which is principally owing to his being 

 exposed to the frequent sudden changes of tem^ 

 perature to. which this island is exposed. 



After the above observations, which we think 

 may be useful to the practitioner, we shall endea- 

 vour to make some short remarks on the effect and 

 usefulnefs of Firing, Roweling, Blistering, &c. and 

 then proceed to the cause, progrefs, and treatment 

 of the different diseases to which the Horse is 

 liable. 



